Cyber Security 101

Simple steps and resources to keep you and your family safe from digital and online threats.

 

HELPFUL RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO

  • Note: This now redirects you to staysafeonline.org

    The link will take you to a page that lists the safety basics along with ideas to help you keep your information secure.

    Visit the site.

  • Stay Safe Online “strives to empower users at home, work and school with the information they need to keep themselves, their organizations, their systems and their sensitive information safe and secure online.”

    Visit the site.

  • This is a national cybersecurity awareness campaign aimed at increasing the understanding of cyber threats and empowering the American public to be safer and more secure online.

    Read the fact sheet.

    Visit the Site.

  • The iKeepSafe mission is: To provide a safe digital landscape for children, schools, and families by supporting the protection of student privacy, while advancing learning in a digital culture.

    Visit the site.

  • As an official website of the United States Government CISA offers cybersecurity information, known exploited vulnerabilities catalog, vulnerability guidance, etc.

    Visit the Site

  • The Stop Bullying mission is: Prevention—Learn how to identify bullying and stand up to it safely.

    It covers:
    Cyberbullying
    What Schools Can Do
    What Kids Can Do
    Federal Laws

    And offers help if you have done everything you can to resolve the situation.

    Visit the site.

  • The site offers online games for children that takes them through a series of games, videos, activities and topics all geared towards teaching cybersecurity while having fun.

    Visit the Site.

  • This site posts reviews for “what your kids are into (before they get into it.)” Ratings are created with families in mind.”

    Common Sense Media rates movies, TV shows, books, and more. They offer “the largest, most trusted library of independent age-based ratings and reviews.”

    Visit the site.

  • This is a resource for teachers and students which offers games to teach children about cybersecurity.

    Visit the site.

  • This official Tarrant County Site offers free monitoring for property fraud.

    Visit the site.

  • Brave is a “privacy browser with the good of ad-blocking, incognito windows, private search, even VPN.”

    Visit the site.

  • This is the FAQ page for tax exemptions found on Comptroller.Texas.gov

    Visit the FAQ page.

 

“Cyber-crime is a threat nothing short of formidable, it is a top national security threat. It’s higher than that of terrorism, espionage, and weapons of mass destruction.”

–US Director of National Intelligence